CONWAY — “I’ve defended the First Amendment and the Second Amendment a whole bunch of times, but I never thought I’d be fighting to defend the 14th Amendment,” Dr. Eugene M. Long Jr. said at the May 28 Conway School Board meeting.
The Eaton resident believes tuition contracts with the sending towns violates the 14th Amendment.
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